Portal:Current events/2015 April 30
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April 30, 2015 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2015 West African offensive: The Nigerian Army rescues a further 160 women and children from a Boko Haram camp in the Sambisa Forest. (CNN)
- Yemeni Civil War (2015–present): Dozens of Houthi fighters are killed in clashes with Saudi Arabian forces on the border while air strikes hit the southern city of Aden. (Reuters)
- Mexican Drug War: Two state police officers and six other people are dead following a gunfight in the southern state of Guerrero between police and suspected kidnappers. (AP via ABC News America)
Businesses and economy
- Russian financial crisis (2014–2016): The Central Bank of Russia lowers its interest rate the third time to 12.5%, a drop from 14%. (Reuters UK)
- The sovereign bonds of Germany experience second straight day of historic sell-off, dragging other securities in much of the continent with them. (Bloomberg)
Disasters and accidents
- April 2015 Nepal earthquake: A teenager is pulled alive out of the wreckage of a guesthouse on the outskirts of Kathmandu after five days. (Times of India)
International relations
- Seizure of Maersk Tigris
- Iran claims that the seizure of the Maersk Tigris in the Strait of Hormuz was related to an unpaid debt. (NBC News)
- The United States Navy says it will accompany American-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz. (AP via ABC News)
Law and crime
- The Chinese city of Helong reports three recent deaths along the border with North Korea with North Korean border guards accused of recent murders and thefts. (AP)
- An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan's Swat District sentences ten people to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of an attack on Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and two other school girls. (Pakistan Tribune)
- Death of Freddie Gray: The Baltimore Police Department completes its investigation into the death of Freddie Gray and hands it over to prosecutors. (New York Times)
- A woman, identified Friday morning as Alexia Christian, 25, who had earlier stolen a car, fires a handgun at two Atlanta Police Department officers, barely missing them. She is subsequently shot and killed. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Science
- NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft crashes into Mercury after surpassing its one year primary mission by three years. (NBC News)
Sport
- 2015 NFL draft: In American football, the 80th annual National Football League draft is held in Chicago's Auditorium Theater. Jameis Winston of Florida State University is drafted first by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers despite his problematic past. (New York Daily News)